dense bodies — Areas of electron density associated with the thin filaments in smooth muscle cells. Some are associated with the plasma membrane, others are cytoplasmic … Dictionary of molecular biology
Dense granule — Latin granulum delta Code TH H2.00.04.1.03006 Dense granules (also known as dense bodies or delta granules) are specialized secretory organelles … Wikipedia
pericanicular dense bodies — Electron dense membrane bounded cytoplasmic organelles found near the canaliculi in liver cells: lysosomes … Dictionary of molecular biology
Dense — Dense, a. [L. densus; akin to Gr. ? thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.] 1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dense Inert Metal Explosive — (DIME) is an experimental type of explosive that has a relatively small but effective blast radius. It is manufactured by producing a homogeneous mixture of an explosive material (such as HMX or RDX) and small particles of a chemically inert… … Wikipedia
Dense-rock equivalent — is a volcanologic calculation used to estimate volcanic eruption volume. One of the widely accepted measures of the size of a historic or prehistoric eruption is the volume of magma ejected as pumice and volcanic ash, known as tephra during an… … Wikipedia
Mushroom bodies — visible in a Drosophila brain as two stalks. From Jenett et al.,2006[1] The mushroom bodies or corpora pedunculata are a pair of structures in the brain of insects and other … Wikipedia
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
Smooth muscle tissue — Smooth muscle … Wikipedia
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
